Before she left, she had asked Lord Zhao to guard Cangzhou. No matter what the court said, as long as he dared to betray, someone would kill him. Tong Wenyao didn't care what Xing'er said to Lord Zhao, but as long as they dared, the people of Xuanmeng would hunt them down to the end!
The basin was brought quickly. Tong Wen Yao took out the meteorite needle and pricked Wen Jiang's fingertip. After a while, blood with a foul smell came out. Fortunately, Uncle He gave her this pair of meteorite needles, otherwise she would not have a good needle to prick Wen Jiang. If she used other needles, they would be corroded before they could be pierced!
Tong Wen Yao pricked all ten fingers, and blood flowed out of all ten fingers, instantly filling the bottom of the basin. The bleeding lasted for about a cup of tea, and even Wen Jiang was a little shaky. Tong Wen Yao saw that the blood no longer had a fishy smell, so she bandaged Wen Jiang.
"Aunt, Wen Jiang is weak now. Take her to rest first and give her the medicine after she wakes up!" She wrote the prescription on the table while instructing her. She had been forcing herself to stay alert since entering Cangzhou, and now that she was relaxed, she felt sleepy all of a sudden.
"Okay, go back and rest. I'm here, and the water is ready. After washing up, you can have some porridge to fill your stomach before going to sleep." Second Aunt urged her to rest quickly and carried Wen Jiang to the bed.
Tong Wenyao didn't hesitate and went straight back to her room. There was hot water in the bathroom, and pajamas were placed next to it. She went in and took a quick shower. When she came out, she saw a bowl of lean meat porridge on the table.
Lan Cui said from the side: "Miss, the eldest lady said that she must watch you drink it, otherwise going to bed on an empty stomach will harm your health."
Tong Wen Yao thought, after eating I will have to sleep anyway, so wouldn’t that be bad for my health?
However, she did not want to refuse the kindness of her second aunt and mother, so she drank half of the porridge on the table before climbing into bed to sleep.
She slept till most of the night, and it was Lan Cui who woke her up.
"Miss, there are soldiers at the door and they are urging you to come." Tong Wen Yao's mind was not yet clear. When she heard these words, she opened her eyes instantly, which scared Lan Cui.
"Ask Lanhua to prepare some cakes for me so I can eat them on the way."
Lan Cui agreed after hearing this. This young lady had worked hard. After returning from the afternoon to treat the young master's illness, she slept for a while and had to get up to fight again. Lan Cui returned to the kitchen. Lanhua also knew that the young lady would leave again tonight, so she did not rest and prepared some good food that she could take with her.
Lan Cui also added a lot of meat in it, and the custodian lady squinted her eyes while eating.
After Tong Wen Yao changed her clothes and washed up, she went downstairs. Her mother and second aunt were already waiting downstairs, and even Tong Bo was half-lying on the sofa.
"Second brother, your injury hasn't healed yet, how can you come out!" Tong Bo waved his hand and said, "No problem!"
Tong Wenyao thought that if he went to the battlefield, then simple and quick food would be essential. Since the potatoes here had a bumper harvest, he would make them into potato noodles! That way, he could just boil them in hot water and eat them.
While Lanhua was still not ready to eat and the troops outside were resting, she said, "Second brother, I'll give you a recipe. Find someone to experiment with it. If it works, then the soldiers will have another kind of food."
She wrote out the general recipe and said, "This is the process for making instant noodles. We have a bumper potato harvest, right? Ask Lanhua to experiment with it first. If it's successful, find someone to buy a large number of potatoes and make them. Once they're ready, you can send them to the border."
Tong Wen Yao didn't have any silver, but her good-looking parents had given her a lot of rare but inexpensive things. She had also previously asked Xuanfeng Pavilion to deal with all the supplies in the space, and she believed that they would be delivered here soon.
Tong Wenyao said, "Second Aunt, if you don't have money, take this token to Xuanfeng Pavilion and they will take care of it."
Second Aunt nodded and said, "Okay!" After a while, a horn sounded at the village gate. Tong Wenyao put on her riding clothes and set off on horseback. When she arrived at the village entrance, Hua Wu came forward and said, "Boss, the vanguard team has already opened the way. Those behind can continue forward. News has come from the front that the barbarians have set up camp outside the city."
Tong Wen Yao asked, "When did the barbarian army arrive at the border town?" Hearing this, he said, "In the second half of yesterday night." It would be best if they could reach Cliff Mountain tonight so that the soldiers could have a good rest. Otherwise, by then, they would be exhausted from marching for many days and would be sent to die as meat cushions on the battlefield.
Traveling in the pitch-black night was particularly unsafe, but in order to get the soldiers to their destination as quickly as possible, this was the only option. They were practically starving and resting on the spot, gnawing on dry rations without even a bite of hot food. However, Tong Wenyao had the vanguards set up camp on the cliff mountain and prepare food, so that they could have hot meals upon arrival.
It was not until the hour of Mao that they finally arrived at the Cliff Mountain. Tong Wen Yao asked them to rest there and then sent people to the border to gather information.
Perhaps it was a coincidence, or perhaps the barbarians had not yet rested enough, so they did not start a war that day. However, just as Tong Wen Yao expected, they started the war on the second night.
The frontier had reached a desperate moment at this time. Not to mention that food had not yet been delivered, the number of soldiers was only over 10,000, while the number of barbarians was as high as 50,000!
The sand table on the table demonstrated the landscape of the frontier. There were steep mountains on the left and the Changshangba Reservoir on the right. It was summer now and the water in the reservoir was abundant. The barbarians were camping below the reservoir.
"Boss, I have a plan!"
Tong Wen Yao knew what he wanted to do and was also thinking about the feasibility of this matter.
People from the north are not good at water battles, but those who come here from the south are good at water battles. In addition, with such excellent geographical conditions as Changshangba, it is hard for Tong Wen Yao not to be tempted.
"How about this? Arrange some people to cut wood and make a raft! The rest of you go back to camp to sleep, eat and drink well, and then you can act tonight."
Hua Wu was a little excited after hearing this, and said in a strong and sonorous voice: "Yes! Boss."
Tong Wen Yao looked at the barbarians on the sand table and felt that it was impossible for the barbarians to attack obediently from the front. If she were the leader of the barbarians, where would she choose to attack?
Seeing that there was a relatively low area on the cliff mountain, if she was the barbarian leader, she would definitely send part of her troops to shout outside the city first, and the other part would climb the mountain from here and go around to the southwest gate. The southwest gate here is lower than other gates, so it is also the best place to attack.
Her eyes darkened, and she felt more and more that this move was very likely.
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